Hulk Hogan Rips Off Shirt, Calls Trump His ‘Hero’ at RNC

TIME

Hulk Hogan, the iconic entertainer who electrified wrestling arenas in the 1980s and '90s, stepped into a new arena Thursday night: the political stage at the Republican National Convention.

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00:00Well, let me tell you something, brother.

00:13You know something?

00:14When I came here tonight, there was so much energy in this room, I felt maybe I was in

00:20Madison Square Garden getting ready to win another world title, or maybe I thought the

00:28vibe was so intense, the energy was so crazy, it felt like maybe I was going to press that

00:34no-good stinky giant over my head and slam him through the mat, brother.

00:41But what I found out was I was in a room full of real Americans, brother.

00:47And at the end of the day, with our leader up there, my hero, that gladiator, we're going

00:57to bring America back together, one real American at a time, brother.

01:05You know something?

01:06I've seen some great tag teams in my time, Hulk Hogan and, ooh, yeah, the Macho Man Randy

01:13Savage.

01:16But you know something?

01:18I see the greatest tag team of my life standing upon us, getting ready to straighten this

01:24country out for all the real Americans.

01:27You know, when I look out and I see all the real Americans, I think about how Donald Trump,

01:39his family was compromised.

01:41When I look out there and I see Donald Trump, I think about how his business was compromised.

01:49But what happened last week when they took a shot at my hero, and they tried to kill

02:00the next president of the United States?

02:03Enough was enough, and I said, let Trumpamania run wild, brother, let Trumpamania rule again,

02:15let Trumpamania make America great again.

02:24And as an entertainer, I try to stay out of politics, but after everything that's happened

02:31to our country over the past four years, and everything that happened last weekend, I can

02:37no longer stay silent.

02:45I'm here tonight because I want the world to know that Donald Trump is a real American

02:53hero.

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